Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s4.1

c10.s4.1

One of the debates that continued in the history of *Alaṁkāraśāstra* (literary theory) from Bhāmaha (sixth century CE) to this date revolves around the question as to what constitutes a *kāvya* — the word or the meaning or *sāhitya* of both? Bhāmaha after spelling out the two opposite views argues in favour of *sāhitya*.